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first for best fighter

make those ISDs cry for mommy

>>88945655
On behalf of The Empire I order you to

DELET THIS

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>>88945636
>Best Waifu Edition
incorrect

First for Finns plush booty

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Where is the mid-season premier?!?! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>88945714
We need Levi Stubbs for the voice of this Hutt

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>>88945714
O-oh my...

>>88945730
Did the break make you forget that we never got it early on Friday nights?

>>88945730
lol

>>88945730
Give it about four...four and a half hours.

Enough time for it to pop up in the usual spots (on demand, Disney exdee app...)

>>88945731
Anon....

>>88945636
the fuck, did star wars seriously rip off Queen Pulsating Bloated Festering Sweaty Pus-filled Malformed Slug-for-a-Butt?

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>>88945769
You have good advice, suggesting patience to me. Maybe while I am waiting I can check tpb and see when the last few eps appeared there.

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What are some of the worst Snoke theories you guys have heard?

>>88945877
I know. Just simply wishful thinking or...what is it called? Fantasy Casting?

>>88945884
Either her or the Xenomorph Queen.

>>88945920
Snoke is Boba. I should know it's shit; I came up with one of my own.

>>88945920
All of them.

Snoke is Snoke, we already know this.

I want Hayden to come back as a force ghost to smack Kylo like the bitch he is. I liked Adam's performance and it would be interesting to see how he would react to this. Never meet your heroes and all that.

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Reminder that this is canon

>>88945955
How do we know he hasn't already met him?

>>88945920
Snoke is Vader's butler

>>88945983
why didn't Lucas slap Hayden's face in there too?

>>88945920
I love that the basis for the Vader Is Snoke theory is the scar on Vader's head vaguely resembling the weird fissure on Snoke's. Nevermind that they're different kinds of wounds and actually in different places.

20th for ezra, buttslut, etc etc

>>88945999
Dying made him younger, not taking off his mask. Taking off the mask was just painful. For him.

>>88945999
Hayden looks pretty as a ghost because ALL IS AS THE FORCE WILLS IT and the Force likes pretty boys

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Canon police sleep, post Legends books

>>88945955
>kylo being throttled by luke
>"vader help me!"
>"sorry, but i am with my son on this"
>ghost fistbumps luke

>>88945983
did he ever regret letting rex steal his apprentice?

>>88945156
More film-faithful Anakin.

>>88946032
I AM ONE WITH THE FORCE AND THE FORCE IS WITH ME

>>88946039
>ghost fistbumps luke
"High fives!"
"Hi Anakin!"

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>>88945888
I wish we got more of Jedi meditating. I like that they used all different kinds of meditation positions

>>88946079

But film Anakin was the worst part about the films.

>>88946091
This scene was when I knew that TPM was a great film.

>>88946091
What the hell was this thing?

>>88946106
nope
He was amazing.
100% Likable=/=good character
TCW Anakin is boring.

>>88946126
Qui-Gon Jinn

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>>88945655
That's a nice starfighter you've got there.
It'd be a shame if something happened to it.

>>88946106
More like one of the most memorable.

Without him, we wouldn't have 'sand everywhere' and all the other memorable deliveries

>>88946106
That's the same anon who tried to start shit a few days ago about how realistic and better Genndy Anakin was and ignored any counter arguments. You're just throwing your (you)s away.

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>>88945920
I'm surprised nobody thinks Veers is Snoke. The guy was one of the few competent imperials left alive IIRC. Not saying it's not completely dumb, but still funny I haven't seen it.

>>88946176
did you forget the ion cannon turret?
with that installed, its the fighter ace who will shed tears

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>>88946173
Not canon. Pic related is.

>>88945920

Snoke is Maul

>>88946203
That would make quite the 'remember me' moment.

>>88946204
yeah, that really helped Gold Squardon.

>>88946203
Most of the people coming up with Snoke theories probably don't even know who Veers is.

>>88946183
>I HATE YOU
> YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER
its quality is in the ears of the beholder, but it was definitely memorable

>>88946208
Portman looks like Nic Cage in that pic

>>88946219
nothing helps against vader
except han

>>88946240
It is! That's the new 4K Restoration of the Prequels for you! A glorious thing that fixes all the problems with the original. Especially replacing Jar Jar with Benedict Cumberbatch. Genius!

>>88946144
Much as I like TCW Anakin, I agree. He was really bland and it kind of shows that the kind of character people were expecting from movie Anakin wouldn't have worked at all.

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>>88946204
Those turrets never kill anything.

>>88945636
That's not Taun We

>>88946278
>marking up your TIE
Well that's at least 15 regulations broken right there along with his neck when he is forced to report to Vader.

>>88946278
for some reason, named characters never get hit by anything

>>88946307
What about those guys from the Battle of Yavin?

Porkins, Biggs?
Even Wedge got tagged slightly in that fight.

>>88946328
so they do get hit, well look at that

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>>88946301
>Implying the Empire wouldn't have aces use markings to strike fear into the hearts of rebel scum
Do you even think before you post?

>>88945714
What would a Hutt xenomorph look like?

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>>88946278
they do quite often, but if they hit the MC then the story would end

>>88946397
Like the queen

Except just the egg sac

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>>88946397
The eggsack turns out to be the entire body

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>>88946397

>>88946456
Kind of looks like an R-Type boss

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>>88946456
http://citrusman19.deviantart.com/art/XenoTheHutt-629930191

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>>88946365
>claims someone is being treasonous
>while promoting non-canon
I am afraid it is you who have failed, Aresko. One time too often.

But seriously, they aren't allowed to mark up their TIEs. No personalization, same as their armor and other gear. You can't even mod them. Every TIE is like every other TIE of its type, and pilots just hop in the first on available.

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>>88946091

>>88946204
>>88946219
Gold Squadron at the Deathstar didn't actually have the turrets turret mounted, they were fixed-forward because they kept breaking down and there wasn't a gunner seat to man them anyway.

>>88945576
>>88945638
I do think Hypori showed the aftermath of a victory, but with an ENTIRE army of B-2s and spider droids it sorta didn't convey he actually won with tactics so much as a surprisingly high concentration of the Confederacy's best tech.

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>>88946476
larger version from that page

>>88946495
I would like to
mediate with her holocrons

>>88946487
Those rules exist, but things get more lax in the faraway posts and war zones. Probably in unknown territories too.

>Thrawn defeats rebel base and fleet, returns to his post in outer rim
>Tarkin takes credit

>>88946508
the standard turrets might have saved their ass on the death star, by shooting directly at vader while he was tailing them

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>>88946278
You are literally posting the EMpire's second best Legends ace after Vader

And guess what? He gets Ionned too.

How do you guys feel about the upcoming Obi v Maul showdown? I have mixed feelings about it personally.

>>88946550
At least Thrawn gets to paint his Star Destroyer. That's being a Grand Admiral for you.

Sadly when the Emperor finds out he's going to be in so much poodoo. Still, worth it to have such a bitchin' ride.

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>>88946580
Loving every minute

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>>88946509
Not canon. But pic related is.

>>88946589
Can't trust those aliens with anything.

>>88946580
>the end of a grudge match that started in TPM
it might actually be really cool

>>88946301
>>88946365
>>88946487
I believe actual aces get to slap a kill-marker sticker onto their TIEs, and that's Legends Soontir Fel, a major imperial hero.

...And imagine that, his Ace Bloodstriped carried on to the CANON Ace Barons teaching the academy Wedge escaped from.
>>88946572
Yeah, but they were in the ones that used automatic targeting and those systems worked poorly on the rebel's shoestring budget.

>>88946580
I'm looking forward to it. Even as a fan of Maul's TCW storyline I feel they dragged him out too long in Rebels so I'm just happy that there's an actual end in sight, though this is the best possible end for his story. If they'd done the Vader death for him like they originally planned it wouldn't have been a very satisfying conclusion.

>>88946641
you could let the R2 fire, and even vader would think twice about tailing a rear gunner

So how long until we have Rebels showing up on TV/Disney (and I presume, stream)? As in, the number of hours.

>>88946649
I feel the Vader conclusion might have been better, this feels like too much pottery honestly

>>88946678
>pottery in a star wars show
it is the only way

>>88946602
"At least we meet, Obi-Wan Kenobi! For the first time for the last time!"
"Are you my mommy!"
"What? ... Wait, how did I get here? Did I take my pills this morning? What planet are we even on?"

It's always sad seeing two elderly men fight until orderlies break it up. Then Maul accidentally steps in the fire setting his pants alight.

"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi! You're my only hope!"
"Obi-Wan? ... Obi-Wan. Now that's a name I haven't heard in - are you my mommy?"

>>88946664
True, but apparently the systems that connected it to the droids or its own fire control computers were maintenance intensive. Also I think rear-firing goes directly over the Astromech's head, that seems like a bad idea to do that with an Ion cannon.

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>>88946578
Don't remind me.

>>88946641
Imperial Ace Pilot Baron Rudor wasn't allowed any tally marks.

>>88946711
"pain is temporary R2, shooting down vader is forever"

>>88946729
He was, but with the stipulation that he had to remove a tally mark every time he was publicly humiliated

>>88946176
>rebels seizing a separatist capital ship
I'd love it

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>>88946208

>>88946772
I really wish we got to see more CIS stuff being used in the GCW.

>>88946834
CIS stuff was made with droids in mind, werent they?

the rebels seem to prefer republic surplus

>>88946602
Why am I seeing people all over the Internet talk about this as if this is their first fight since The Phantom Menace?

>>88946580
>>88946634
But this means no live-action Obi-Wan movie with Maul starring Ewan McGregor D:

>>88946848
If a droid can do it anyone can. I think

Does Rebels seem to come to an end as it gets closer to RO territory? What will they replace it with?

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>>88946796
Vader don't play.

>>88946860
have the obi-wan movie take place during the mandalorian crisis?

>>88946860
that was never happening anyways

>>88946678
>pottery
>>>/x/
Kid, I've watched everything from EPI to EPVII and I've seen a lot of strange stuff but I've never seen anything to believe there's some all-powerful pottery controlling everything.

>>88946760
More like poor Rudor never flew any one ship long enough to personalize it.

>>88946670
About three to go

>>88945636
Literally Slug-for-a-butt

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>>88946578
Imperial Aces have nothing on Rebel Aces.

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>>88946969
Thanks. Have a sexy helicopter as reward.

>>88946121
It was a great scene. But the rest of the movie still exists and much of it is bad.

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>>88945714
>a one-of-a-kind Mama the Hutt maquette exists somewhere deep within the Lucasarts Animation department

new holy grail: obtained

What if they allowed the Jedi to get married and not stigmatize it? What could go wrong?

>>88946495
Do you think girl Jedi used the forced on their boobs to make them look bigger? And or developed techniques to distract their enemies with them?

>>88946091
what was even the purpose of those laser doors?

>>88947194
tension

>>88947157
that doesn't sound like the Jedi way. what would Master Yoda say?

>>88947104
Haven't seen it in over a decade or so. But I still remember the grand visual design with most things. Neimodians are slimy but their eyes and druids and everything looks great. Naboo, too. Pod racing, gunman tech.. I remember hating how ainakin defeated the command ship.

Qui-Gon's design and the world made me want to see a world even beyond.

>>88947147
many a jedi would get too attached to a single person, and prioritize them over the greater good

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>>88947018

>>88947147
>"Ah, Commander Cody! How goes the fighting on Utapau?
>"Yeah, I know you could probably use my assistance against Grievous, but you know how Satine gets if I don't babysit on a Friday
>"Look, I'll get down there at the weekend and see what I- Oh, you've been cut in half"

>>88946868
Rebels will go past RO. It's been picked up for its entire story and I believe FPJ has said it will go for 7 seasons. Can't find that interview atm

>>88947240
a lot of the prequels had all the ingredients to be 10/10 movies, but George isn't that good at writing scripts, so he fucked up the execution even though he had solid ideas.

>>88945714
>eyelashes to give that female look

I never understood why eyelashes were a sign of femininity on cartoon characters. Both men and women have eyelashes.

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>>88947229
He's fine with it.

>>88947147
The Way of the Jedi teaches its students to detach themselves from emotion, including love. They are "encouraged to show love and compassion", but in the same way that Buddhist monks do, through charity and self-sacrifice. Jedi show their "love" for the Galaxy by protecting it and upholding the peace and prosperity of its peoples. They are forbidden to have romantic attachments for the same reasons as Buddhist monks, infatuation clouds the mind and deters you from the path.

>>88947278
not even Anakin, whose defining character trait was possessiveness, acted that irresponsibly

did female Jedi ever fuck the clones while on assignment to the outer rim?

>>88947344
only if they could get away with it

>>88947344
I remember a fapfic on /swco/ a long time ago about Shaak Ti and a clone.

>>88947344
the clones probably just fooled around with each other, it's basically masturbation anyway

>>88947357
Mind tricks work on clones, right? Why not just make them forget?

>>88947377
that is not the jedi way

>>88947275
>Not EWJ SE

Almost had me there

>>88947344
Probably. They can have sex so long as they don't get attached and I wouldn't be surprised if any female Jedi fucked their clones while they were alone on some shitty Outer Rim planet.

>>88947393
did Ahsoka aand Barriss?

>>88947370
Grieve tan X Female Obi-Wan when?

>>88947388
neither is fucking the Jangoes in the first place yet here we are

>>88947388
>oh boy I really have been out here in the jungle with these nigh-on genetically perfect male specimens
>also it's my species' mating season
>and I possess magic powers I can use to fuck with minds
>no one will ever know

>>88947430
do people seriously consider the clones attractive?

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So apparently this is what Count Vidian looks like according to Jackson Miller. This art wasn't approved by him or anything but it fits his description of Vidian's appearance on twitter more than the other one with the huge tubes coming out of his neck.

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>>88947404
What's wrong with Grievous X Male Obi-Wan?

>>88945714
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zCLeEntvgs

Now I remember her!

>>88947447
Boba Fett had no problem teasing those whores in Jabba's palace.

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>>88947344
Well its stated that there are about 10,000 jedi in the galaxy at the start of the clone wars I'd say it's safe to assume at least 500-2,000+ of them were fighting in the outer rim. I'm not sure how many jedi were female but if we assume half of them are than that's 250-1000+ female jedi serving in the outer rim with close relations to clones so i'd say its more that plausible.

>>88947466
but that's gay

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>>88947403
Yes, and I will never be convinced that they didn't.

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>>88947493
Exactly. It's perfect.

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>>88947483
May we all have his game when we ware his age.

Which is well over 10,000 when the Sarlacc is done with him.

>>88947469
>if we don't find him before Bane does it could be extremely painful

>>88947504
how would Anakin react if he caught Rex and Ahsoka in bed together?

I would love a TFU type game where you go around as an Inquisitor a few years after ROTS fighting Jedi. I know story wise that's basically ripping off TFU but the gameplay was fun and I feel like the hunting down of the surviving Jedi is way too underplayed in canon to the point that if you don't know 1 or 2 references in a few books it's easy to assume it basically didn't happen since Vader/Order 66 killed all the Jedi in ROTS but canon has specified that it was very much a process that the Inquisitors took part in over a few years and I would love to see that process shown.

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>>88947553
>Rexsoka

GET THE FUCK OFF MY BOARD

I'm almost done with the order 66 arc. This is so frustrating to watch, it's like those tense scenes where you know something will go wrong but it's stretched out over 4 episodes.

>>88947553
he would be reminded that he is currently a married man, and would give those 2 a slide

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>>88947553

>>88947579
Remember to watch ROTS afterwards

>>88936376
They're okay. Nice tv budget special effects. Better much creature effects than the prequel trilogy has.

>>88947577
>implying that any ship can compete with Rex/Ahsoka
prove me wrong inb4 /u/, /u/ get out

what's stopping the empire from making more jango clones to replace the aging ones

don't give me >kamino uprising as an answer either, because apparently that's not canon anymore

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>>88947579
Reminder that WORST CLONE is the reason for everyone's suffering

>>88947630
what even happened to Kamino after the war?

>>88947630
conscripts are cheaper, and live longer

>>88947630
It's expensive as fuck and clones don't last long. It's way cheaper to use propaganda to inspire citizens to join the Stormtroopers and use all that extra money building fleets than it is to order a new clone army every 5 years.

>>88947630
Too expensive and Sheev would find it much more enjoyable convincing average schmoes to conquer and subjugate their own worlds for him.

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>>88947613
/u/ is inherently superior, I don't need to give a reason. You just need to accept the fact that you're wrong.

>>88947630
their samples of Jango DNA were deteriorating

>>88947581
Ahsoka knew about Anakin and Padme?

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>>88947404
Grieve-tan a cute!
A CUTE!

>>88947669
>Too expensive
Sheev built 2 Death Stars

>>88947689
no, although she probably suspected some kind of special connection between them

>>88947689
Oh hell yeah she did.

>>88947630
Should be obvious. There were never all that many clone troopers, they were just highly effective. However even with accelerated growth it still took 10 years to get them up to action.

Cloning could NEVER match Sheev's timetable for how fast he wanted the galaxy conquered and garrisoned when he'd have to hold off a decade just for his first batch.

>>88947660
Gone the way of Geonosis, probably.

>>88947670
I will only consider accepting it if you post more

>>88946580
Honestly I'm not sure how I feel about it. It makes sense that it's happening, but my one big concern is that I don't see any end or outcome for Maul that excites me.

Optimally, I'd like to see both of them walk away but I don't see how that happening would work. Obi-Wan has suffered a lot due to Maul, and letting him live in light of that I think would reinforce the concepts of selflessness and compassion that play heavily into the light side of the force. The problem with this however is that I feel like this doesn't really gel with how we've seen Maul presented in Rebels thus far. He's obviously changed, but at the end of the day he's done some pretty shitty things and I don't really see how Maul can see a good ending without undermining the hold that the dark side has on individuals.

This leaves us with Obi-Wan killing/defeating Maul, which to me has the same problems as them both surviving. We know that Obi-Wan hasn't been doing too terribly well looking after Luke, and I can see the threat of Maul sparking something within him that reinvigorates him and augments both Obi-Wan's character and the power of the light side. The problem here is that right now there's nothing about Maul's death or defeat that excites me. Maul might be a sad character, but the stuff he's done in Rebels so far doesn't make me inclined to make me feel anything for his death and I'm not seeing anything in his defeat that would make any sort of important statement about the character.

>>88946580
Don't really care at this point. They basically have to kill off Maul so knowing that lets see if they can still make it interesting.

>>88947689
I wonder how Ahsoka viewed Padme.

>>88947708
And? You think he could splurge everywhere just because he built two death stars? And the death stars were his endgame, not his hordes of stormtroopers who were nothing more than a stopgap.

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>yfw Maul survives his encounter with Kenobi

>>88947741
>I wonder how Ahsoka viewed Padme.
A romantic rival. Bitch had better step off her husbando/master/surrogate father/forbidden fruit did Anakin and Ahsoka ever fugg

>>88947781
she was too busy bedding rex

>>88947781
>did Anakin and Ahsoka ever fugg
No, Anakin was too attached to Padme for that. Maybe Ahsoka fantasized about him cause she was a teenage girl, but I doubt she ever even hinted at anything.

>>88945636
Isn't that Queen Slugforabutt?

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>>88947799
>No, Anakin was too attached to Padme for that.
That must have been difficult when the Zygerrian Queen was forcing herself on him. What was more traumatic for Anakin: the rape at the hands of the Queen, or being back in slavery?

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>>88947755
If he does we will be going full retard tier.
I mean, what else are you going to do with this useless fuck, he already has lived way too long.

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>>88947455
That's disappointing, I liked this one

>>88947455
>>88947835
I just imagined Sundowner. I don't care that he was described with a permanently unmoving face, he was cracking Platinum grins in my mind

>>88947104
>and much of it is bad.
Not really.
Not any more than any of the OT.
The Trash Compactor scene has worse actingg than anything in TPM.

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>>88947455
>>88947835
I always thought his red eyes were more like Batou's.

>>88947924
I foudn the trash compactor scene pretty hilarious when C3PO thought they were flattened

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>>88947835
This one was superior!

When one anon mistook it for Vidian instead of the droid busdriver.

if Kanan and Ezra will survive into the OT, how will they explain them never showing up to meet Luke?

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>>88947596
>Better much creature effects than the prequel trilogy has.
Nigger please.
The stop motion in those movies is fucking ATROCIOUS.

I will never understand this PT=bad mentality.

>>88947963
luke is too busy shooting down TIEs with his X-wing, and shooting things with his blaster, and drowning in girls, to bother with a padawan on the other side of the galaxy

>>88947963
We'll have to wait and see

>>88947963
Its a large ass galaxy.

>>88947963
Why would they? I know the main movies have to revolve around the Skywalkers, but not everything else has to.

how does /co/ feel about the "Snoke is the Vader portion of Anakin, surviving past Vader's death by the power of the Dark Side while Anakin moved into the Force" theory?

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>>88945655
Pls.

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>>88947935
That's not what i'm talking about.
I'm talking about all the footage of them jumping around on trash and yelling at each other.
It's pathetically poorly acted.

>>88947968
Is that three eyes or two eyes and a nose?

>>88947982
>luke is too busy...drowning in girls
His sister, Nakari Kelen. Anyone else yet?

>>88948001
Incredibly dumb

>>88947963
why havent they met obi-wan or yoda yet?
in the case of the former, obi-wan is a powerful asset known to rebel high command, surely a second jedi would have been secured as well

kanan is an interesting military asset, but he is hardly considered very important to rebel high command

>>88948001
It's stupid because he has to have a physical form, and Vader's body was cremated. The only form of possession by ghost that exists so far is Nightsister magic, which I highly doubt Anakin learned any of.

>>88948015
he blew up the death star without a targeting computer
women would throw themselves at his feet

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>>88948014
That's Vader, baby.

>>88947998
Because Luke was running around being the Alliance's Jedi Knight and you'd think someone would tell them the Alliance already had two.

>>88947968
>PT=bad
I never said nor implied that. But you know what IS bad? That fuck ugly CG space monster from your picture. Yes, the Ewok movies have much better looking stop motion, suit and puppet creatures than that thing.

>>88948006
the hokey dialogue and overacting was endearing for some reason

>>88948041
And Luke would just go "shucks, you're real nice and all but I promised Artoo I'd hang out with him today"

>>88948067
>I never said nor implied that. But you know what IS bad? That fuck ugly CG space monster from your picture. Yes, the Ewok movies have much better looking stop motion,
You need to stop shitposting and actually watch those 2 movies.

Isn't the Rule of Two acting contrary to the philosophy of the Sith? The Master trains the apprentice all he knows knowing full well that if he does his job right and the apprentice is worthy enough, eventually the apprentice will kill him and replace him. The goal of course, being that the Sith grow collectively stronger, as each successive master must inherit the skills of all before or die in his attempt to rise to becoming master. But this means acting altruistically -- acting for the betterment of the Dark Side and the organization of the Sith as a whole, instead of purely in the interests of the master. But the Sith are supposedly incapable of acting altruistically towards anything at all, they're 100% pure selfish greedy lust for power at any cost. How can this be?

>>88948066
Dude didn't even tell his own friends about training with Yoda either in ESB or ROTJ. How public do you think his Jedi activities even were? He was telling everyone but his nearest and dearest friends?

>>88948001
The DUMBEST explanation for Snoke I have heard. The dumbest by far.

>>88948100
sith power comes from dominating others

>>88948081
Wormed his way out of that one. Now we know why his name on Tatooine was Wormie. No women for him today, thanks, he's gay!

>>88948015
>implying that anything sexual happened between Luke and Leia besides that ONE (1) kiss
fuck off

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>>88948014
Three eyes. The maquette only had two but the guy specified that they added a third eye for the digital creature

>>88948001
Someone made a theory that Snoke was what Plagueis made, not Anakin, and Anakin was actually the Force's response.
I like it.

>>88948014
It's three eyes, apparently. Weirded me out when I first noticed it, too

>>88948081
I want to argue, but he totally would. Makes sense, last thing he needs is another woman that kisses him and turns out to be his Sister.

>>88948109
even kanan doesnt get much attention from alliance command, luke has even less lightsaber and force proficiency, and was made famous by his skill with an X-wing not with his saber

if alliance high command ever took an interest in luke, they would have sent a pilot to train him instead

>>88948115
but in this case the domination is suicidal as one day the apprentice will rise up and kill you. you do it anyway because it makes the Sith as a whole stronger.

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>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=smpe0m4RD0M

I love how people say Episode I was unimportant because it didn't directly link into the Clone Wars that would serve as the setting of the next two films. When right here, with this quote, we're given insight into the driving force behind Anakin's subsequent character development.

Qui-Gon Jinn is probably my favorite character, he's too terribly underrated. Episode I seriously isn't as bad as everyone wants it to be. It may plod a bit on Tatooine, but without that we wouldn't have gotten little moments like this that prove how much better a teacher Qui-Gon would have been for Anakin.

>>88948100
Survival of the fittest doesn't mean you just bend over backwards. If your Apprentice manages to kill you so be it. And if you die some other way at least there is a spare Sith running around.

It's not like you just meekly let yourself get killed by anyone or anything. If they're going to be better and stronger than you then by the Force they'll have to prove it.

>>88948100
>Isn't the Rule of Two acting contrary to the philosophy of the Sith?
In as much as following any rules at all does.

>>88948126
>>88948149
maybe he is just chaste

>>88947828
find ventress and start a family using kenobi as the wingman

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Was this intentional? Probably

>>88948169
>people say Episode I was unimportant
This is a meme.
Immediately disregard "people" who say this.
I do.

>>88947630
Why would you continue to make expensive and professional soldiers meant for front line combat against an equal opponent do garrison work on backwater worlds?

Conscripts can do that for half the cost. remember, for the first 15+ years the Empire was stomping out small scale rebellions of partisans not strong armies.

>>88948162
You aren't getting this. That was the way it ALWAYS was, only before it was worse because Apprentices were killing their Masters, or each other, or being killed by other Masters, or their own Master.

Literally the only thing that changed in this equation is how many Master and Apprentice pairs there are. The actual dynamic and Sith philosophy is still very much intact.

>>88948181
I'd say the rank badge makes it pretty damned likely.

>>88946848
Rebels seem to get what they can take. I would think Rebels that sprouted up in Republic space would use old Republic gear while Separatist worlds would use old CIS stuff.

That was one thing that I would have liked to see more in the Rogue One 3rd act, a mish mash of different ships. We had the usual stuff, with some Hammerheads and the Phantom (and possibly a Wookie ship), but I would have liked to see some old CIS carriers in the mix.

>>88948001
stupid because its confirmed Snoke is not Human. We don't know shit about him and should stop pretending.

>>88948200
that is a whole lot of people

>>88948100
The Sith view power as strength, so a master's job is to continue to be strong and if he fails, then he doesn't deserve to be the master anymore. The master should do everything in his power to prevent his own death- if the apprentice still succeeds, then he deserves to take the master's place.

Though if you think about it, there's still a sense of selfishness there. A good master leaves behind a strong apprentice, and that's his legacy. If they can't hold on to power, then they take pride in knowing they trained a great apprentice.

>>88947799
are there any fanfics about Ahsoka fantasizing about Anakin but being torn up with how such a pairing would be impossible due to his commitments to the Jedi and Padme? does this count as NTR?

>>88948234
But they didn't all arrive at that conclusion indepenently.
A few taste makers told the sheep how to think.

>machete order

>>88948229
and Vader was INHUMANLY evil :^)

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>>88948229
>its confirmed Snoke is not Human
where

>>88948229
You can't not know shit and also know he's not human. Plus the info on him not being human is...the novelization. What's that old phrase /swco/ used to love so much? "Dubious canon"?

>>88948260
it makes sense to use vader before anakin, since vader is a pop cultural icon most well known for being a villain, so having him be the menacing dark lord first, before introducing his tragic aspects is quite reasonable

>>88948181
Is what intentional, that Romodi is in Rogue One? I dunno, maybe it was an accident, just like how they were trying to turn Guy Henry into Greedo but accidentally turned him into Tarkin.

>>88948284
According to The Wook... The TFA novel. However some of his traits like being seven feet, his skin color, so on, are from other sources.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Snoke

Personally I'm a bit hesitant about stuff like skin color. It's not like Sheev was looking all too human by the end.

>>88948296
>skipping TPM
ok kid

>>88948285
That detail from the dubious canon has been confirmed by word of god, so that detail is full canon.

>>88948094
>If someone doesn't agree with me it must mean they haven't seen the movie
nice

is this music what it feels like to fall to the Dark Side?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41_ooqHzYGc

>>88948229
He's more machine now, than man

>>88948284
>>88948285
Pablo confirmed snoke is not human

>>88948326
>by word of god
Which god specifically? There are so many these days. Is it JJ? Coffee Lord? Dave doesn't tell us shit so he's out.

>>88948178
Isn't Ventress already dead?

if you give a title crawl immediately before the 1st episode of TCW, you could skip the entirety of Episodes 1 and 2 without missing anything important. TCW does the job of conveying the essential information from TPM and AotC while also setting up RotS better than both movies combined. Prove me wrong.

>>88948327
Just give up. The stop-motion in the Ewok films is backyard movie tier.

You also implied that CGI is bad just because ______ ?
So I don't know why i'm still entertaining you.

>>88948364
Pablo

>>88948371
TPM and AOTC are better than TCW though.
And it's not even close.

>>88948357
https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/770735534423445506

Pablo confirmed we don't know either way.

>>88948389
good joke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1MnMA0TzGI

did Luke win this duel because he was the better fighter, or because Vader was too conflicted to fight effectively?

>>88948364

The LSG. Basically a pantheon of gods, though Pablo seems to act as the voice to us mere mortals.

>>88948419
Who's joking?

>>88948394
Of course someone brings up the novelization and he says he forgot it said that. But based on what he said about novelizations, what do we think? No clue. Unless he's got a firmer tweet on the subject dated after this one.

>>88948389
TPM, sure. AOTC?

>>88948389
No. They're two separate things so it's hard to compare but even when looked at within their mediums it's easy to see that TCW is better

TCW is competent work within the medium of television where TPM and AOTC are messes of attempts at movies

>>88948297
That's not as bad as what happened with Mon Mothma, at early meetings Gareth Edwards was quoted as saying "and I'm not about to have that fucking cunt Mon Mothma in my fucking movie" and everyone agreed Mon Mothma wouldn't be in it. So they hired Genevieve O'Reilly to play a nameless rebel technician, but the scene kept getting rewritten, and more scenes were added, and wardrobe changes were ordered because the original costume looked terrible.

It wasn't until he was at the premiere that it finally hit Gareth, and looked on with abject horror as realized he had accidentally put Mon Mothma into the movie. Reporter say Gareth was inconsolable and threw a very loud fit upon realizing it and had to be escorted out of the theater. He refused to speak to anyone for eight days following the premiere, until he finally came to terms with what he had done.

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>>88948284
>>88948357
I know Snoke isn't Plagueis...but Snoke should be Plagueis.

Palpatine thought he killed Plagueis, but Plagueis survived and watched Palpatine from behind the scenes. When Palpatine was unsuccessful at destroying the Jedi, Plagueis/Snoke re-emerged and found a new apprentice in Kylo. Plagueis learned the secret to immortality and now has a second chance to rule the galaxy. Now Rei's ultimate destiny is to figure out a way to destroy Plagueis with Kylo's help once and for all.

>>88948367
Since the tail end of the Clone Wars

>>88948373
yeah I wasn't even the guy you were arguing with but that type of mentality in your comment is what starts the OT vs PT shitposting that goes on in these threads

>>88948451
Yes.
And again, it's not even close.
AOTC is as good as any other SW film.

>I hate sand
I bet you 5 bucks you can't explain what's bad about this.

>>88948461
>looked at within their mediums
... AOTC and TPM are uncommonly good films.

>>88948480
I don't want him to be Sith in anyway. I want Anakin to have ended them once and for all. They've been emphasizing new Force wielders in the new canon, which makes me think they're going to introduce a new dark side faction for Snoke/Kylo. We still don't know what they're called.

>>88948482
how did she die?

>>88948492
No?
His mentality of "CGI" being a bad thing just cuz is the real issue.

>>88948507
I'm interested in what Snoke describes as the "balance" in Kylo Ren. He seems to have a lot more in common ideology wise with Grey Knights and other such force wielders than traditional Sith.

>>88948512
It's a long story. Dooku killed her with lightning. I'd give you more details but you're better off not knowing the circumstances behind it. Just trust me.

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>>88948480
Snoke as Plagueis would only make sense if the other great Star Wars rumor is true: that Plagueis, with Sidious' help, created the Skywalker line.

IF that is the case than Snoke should absolutely be Plagueis. Snoke HAS to be Plagueis if that's the case. The Skywalker bloodline has to reckon with its maker, once and for all.

>>88948443

The latter, obviously. Luke may be many things. An exceptional swordsman is not one of them.

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>>88948536
>Just trust me.

>>88948549
but I thought that Luke was canonically one of the strongest duelists ever

>>88948133
>>88948147
Huh, fascinating. Most of the toys and video game appearances used the Maquette's nose

>>88948512
Dies protecting Quinlan Vos from Dooku's Force Lightening.

>>88948505
>AOTC and TPM
>good films

What are you comparing this to? You must have a very limited view of film to consider them good.

>>88948568
It's easy to be the best and strongest alive

when everyone else is dead or a ghost

>>88948507
See, I'll disagree with that. Maybe I'm just an old EU fag, but I want the Sith to endure. I like the idea of them and the Jedi locked in an eternal struggle, like Yin and Yang. I don't think it's right to have the Jedi without the Sith. They're inseparable, to me.

>>88948568
>defeating vader
luke even says that vader cannot destroy his own son. vader was definitely not fighting to kill

>>88948570
Probably a case of the design already having been sent off to licensees for merchandising before the change was made. It definitely wouldn't be the first time that's happened.

>>88948512
she was betrayed and murdered by dooku

>>88948463
This sounds like something JJ would do.

>>88948613
She was a good friend.

>>88948636
...and a demon in the sack

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>>88948568

In legends, when they made Luke the best at everything.

Nothing in canon suggests Luke was great. He's decent given what he had. But without proper guidance (and yes, learning to fight from someone is ALWAYS better than learning by yourself), he'd never be anything even close to a Clone War era Jedi in terms of martial prowess at that point in time of his life. In RoTJ, he's barely even padawan level. Luke won by sentiment, not skill. If Vader had his shit together, he'd have dealt with Luke with no effort.

so how can Anakin have succeeded in bringing balance to the Force if less than 30 years after his death and the destruction of the Sith, a whole cult of Dark Side users killed all nu-Jedi and held the galaxy hostage with a superweapon? are prophecies just bullshit in the SW universe?

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>>88948602
Can you imagine having Che/Hidalgo's job of having to explain every production delay, missed communication, and rushed storyboard within the frame of the actual canon?

I'd be much more sarcastic towards inane Twitter canon questions if I had that job.

>>88948592
Neither was Luke until that whole 'So I also have a daughter' thing.

>>88948505
No, I just don't like it. It feels more superficial than other Star Wars. Christopher Lee is good, but I think they should have laid some ground work for him in TPM.

>>88948584
Not at all.
They display extremely precise direction in almost every scene as compared to contemporary action films.

>>88948663
He can't. It's stupid. The whole thing is stupid.

The new movies should have had a timeskip of centuries.

>>88948663
It didn't say balance would last forever ;^)

>>88948672
that was him channeling the dark side, it wasnt the only time someone used anger to overwhelm a superior foe

>>88948463
Chris Miller and Phil Lord have been heard saying "Han Solo can carry his own movie, we don't need any fucking cocksucking limp dick faggot Chewbacca in our Han Solo movie"

We will see how things turn out...

>>88948686
or not make everyones struggle pointless

>>88948531
They'll be the perfectionists, I think.

>>88948505
>I bet you 5 bucks you can't explain what's bad about this.

It is forced, clumsy, and relies upon the lacking chemistry of the actors.

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>>88948671
>missed communication

>>88948736
>It is forced, clumsy
point of the scene
>and relies upon the lacking chemistry of the actors.
wrong

>>88948711
I don't know why but I'm tickled at the idea of there being a fan somewhere who absolutely loves Han but has this absolutely venomous hatred towards Chewbacca, like he won't shut up about how much he hates Chewie.

what is unironically the most kino moment of the series?

>>88948671
I agree, I truly don't know how they do it. If hundreds of people tweeted me insipid questions every day I would be much more snippy then Pablo is now.

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>>88948711
>introducing Chip'aka, the Ewok smuggler with gigantism

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>>88948264
don't be a fag

>>88948691
FUCK YOU JJ

FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUU

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>88948685
No they don't

They might be able to hold up to some of the lower tier super hero movies or the more schlocky action films but there is a plethora of examples of better action films, just within the last 15 years

>>88948766
>point of the scene

Explain

>wrong

About the chemistry or reliance? I think you'll find both are correct.

>>88948782
Luke and Vader ESB with Luke and Vader ROTJ being a debatable second

anyone who says otherwise is lying to you

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>>88948793

>>88948782
Vader deciding to rekt Palpatine

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>>88948663
>balance to the Force
Balance doesn't really mean peace, but that all sides aren't dominant over the other.

The Light had been reigning dominant for a long ass time under the Republic. Balance means equilibrium between two sides and there hadn't been any. Light stagnated and was no longer part of what it was supposed to be. By falling to the Dark Side, he broke the old order of the Jedi, forcing them to return to their traditional ways that relied more on the force rather than bureaucracy, doing good because it was good not because some politician said it was good.

By doing so he invited the Dark Side to take hold again, to come back in overwhelming force. But of course this wasn't meant to last. His own ambitions against the Emperor and his own son would most of the damage done and bring the prophesized balance. Both Light and Dark exist in the galaxy in equal force. Sometimes the Light wins, sometimes the Dark wins.

He bought balance. Not in the way the Jedi had hoped...

>>88948512
>>88948574
Also didn't Vos turn into his shitty legends self and turn her over to Dooku?

>>88948877
Literally none of what you posted is true.

>>88948782
Luke and Vader sharing their final moments aboard the DS2. When Anakin is redeemed. Gets me every time.

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>>88948663
>a whole cult of Dark Side users killed all nu-Jedi and held the galaxy hostage with a superweapon?

It's balance of the Force, not even out people who use the force. There have always been Dark Siders other than the Sith. The Sith were just the most powerful and knowledgeable with knowing how to abuse the Dark Side and were actively throwing the Force out of balance through unnatural amounts of pain, suffering and death on a galactic wide scale.

When the Sith were destroyed and the Empire lost a year later, that shit stopped. The First Order is nowhere near as powerful and as wide spread as the Empire was. Even with the destruction of a few planets, it's not close enough to throw the Force out of balance compared to the Clone War and the Empire.

Anakin fulfilled the prophecy and brought balance to the Force. That did not include the eradication of the Dark Side nor those who align with it. The Dark Side is a natural part of the force just as pain, suffering and death is a natural part of life. And the Force exists because of life.

>>88948877
gonna need a source on that one chief

>>88948877
>balance means that Light and Dark exist in equal strength
end this meme. the Dark Side is an unnatural tumor on the Force. Bringing balance (ie restoring natural equilibrium) to the Force means removing this tumor so that the host may once again thrive.

>>88947299
Mascara.

>>88948923
Go to sleep George

>>88948653
>In RoTJ, he's barely even padawan level
According to whom?

>If Vader had his shit together, he'd have dealt with Luke with no effort
According to whom? Luke was holding his own in the duel. there are several moments Vader struggles with him.

>Vader holding back
This is true to an extent but Vader would have disarmed him like at Bespin. He couldn't becaue Luke was pretty strong. The Legends novelization even has Vader surprised how much Luke learned and he was concerned

>>88948923
>the Dark Side is an unnatural tumor on the Force.

End this meme.

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>>88948923

>>88948955
>>88948971
that's how it was characterized in both the OT and the PT, fuck off fanfiction EU nostalgiafaggots

>>88948802
All your opinion too

when Vader blocked Han's shots with his hand was he using the Force to do this or were his gauntlets made of some kind of supermaterial?

>>88949000
Yeah i always thought Lucas intended Anakin to fulfill the prophecy when he killed Sheev

Like yeah he fucked up and helped kill tons of people but he eventually did bring balance back

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Reminder the only way to bring balance to the force is to purge everyone who is capable of abusing it

>>88947963
>yfw they meet him AFTER ROTJ and become the first members of his Jedi order until Ren and his edgelords kill them

>>88949018
>Yeah well, that's just like your opinion, man.

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>>88948899
Your choice

>>88948922
>>88948923
>Dark Side is an unnatural tumor on the Force
Even a tumor is natural. It can be a disgusting, evil thing, but it will exist as nature dictates, maybe not in you, but in someone else. And much like the Jedi, you can fight it, and desire it to be gone forever, but there will always be a way for it to come back.

>>88949029
Both.

>>88949052
That's not even remotely what Dark Troopers look like. Fuck off with your shitty fanart.
:^)

what are the odds that Ahsoka will fall to the dark side?

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>>88948968
>According to whom?

To all canon material. Luke has barely had even a month of actual guidance. He had, at most, two days with Obi-wan and maybe a week or two with Yoda. Apart from that, any Jedi related activities he underwent consisted of finding and losing artifacts. In the 4 years from his leaving Tatooine to Anakin's death, 90% of it was spent contributing to the rebellion. There's no way he could go from completely unskilled to a master swordsman in 4 years, even with proper tutelage.

>Luke was holding his own in the duel. there are several moments Vader struggles with him.
Because Vader was struggling with his own conflicting emotions. He was torn between serving his master and the entire reason why he chose to serve his master in the first place. Between what we've seen Vader/Anakin accomplish during the Clone War, LoTS and Rogue One, there's no feasible way to expect that Luke could actually beat Vader if he had his shit together.

>>88949066
>survive Vader and Sheev only to get punked by wannabe Vader and wannabe Sheev
truly the cruelest fate